I love anchor charts. They are a great resource to record active learning, and they can spark a student's memory so quickly. A favorite anchor chart in my classroom is just below. I've used the CUPS acronym for years to help my students hone their proofreading skills. C-capitalization; U-usage; P-punctuation; and S-spelling.
This year I wrote the acronym on large chart paper and trimmed around it in the shape of a cup, my attempt at making my anchor chart cute. I guess it worked. We had a visit from our diocesan bishop last week. He came to each classroom to see what we were working on and get a sense of what a typical day at our school is like. What was the first thing he noticed when he arrived at my room? This anchor chart! His words: HOW CUTE AND CLEVER! I felt I had arrived... LOL!
Although I really like to use anchor charts, I struggle with them as well. I do NOT have the wall space to display very many of them. Does anyone else have this problem? How do you overcome it?
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Super cute anchor chart!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for linking up, Angela! How did you get it that bright color? Is it neon yellow poster board? I love it!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great new linky ~ I love anchor charts too! I will be sure to join next week. :)
ReplyDeleteI definitely like your CUPS chart. At our school we use CUPS as a comprehension strategy.
ReplyDeleteI made an anchor chart for CUPS Math that I use with my 2ndies for story problems:
C-ircle important numbers.
U-nderline big fat clue words. (Words that help identify the operation to use.)
P-araphrase what the problem wants to know.
S-tar any part not understood.
Hoping to put a pic of it on my blog soon.
Jill
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